Abstract :
L.W. Austin (President of the Institute of Radio Engineers, 1914) was born at Orwell, Vermont, October 30, 1867. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College in 1889, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Strassburg in 1893. From 1893 to 1901 he was instructor and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, following which he did research work at the University of Berlin in 1901-1902. Since 1904 Dr. Austin has been with the Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC; head of US Naval Radio Research Laboratory, 1908-1923; chief of Radio Physics Laboratory, 1923 to date. Dr. Austin was President of the Institute in 1914, served on the Board of Direction from 1915 to 1917, and was awarded the Institute Medal of Honor in 1927. His contributions to the Proceedings have been frequent. Dr. Austin was elected to Associate membership in the Institute in 1913, transferred to Member grade in 1913 and to the Fellow grade in 1915.
